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Past, present and future of research on wearable technologies for healthcare: a bibliometric analysis using scopus.

1. Introduction

• General Research Question: How has the scientific production published in Scopus within the research field of wearable technologies for health monitoring evolved over the last two decades? - Specific Research Question (SRQ) 1: How many specific publications are there on this subject in Scopus and what trends can be observed? - SRQ 2: What countries and institutions produce most of this research? - SRQ 3: Which are the most active journals based on the objectives of this research and the relationship between them? - SRQ 4: Who are the most relevant authors based on the search strategy proposed in this analysis and the co-citation between them? - SRQ 5: What are the most significant key concepts and how have they evolved over the years?

2. Literature Review

2.1. definition, characteristics and opportunities of wearable technologies, 2.2. types of wearable technologies and business devices, 2.3. previous research and results achieved.

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3.1. Search Strategy

3.2. selection study and inclusion criteria, 3.3. data analysis, 4.1. results of the search and selection of studies, 4.2. publication outputs and development trend, 4.3. analysis of countries and institutions, 4.4. journal analysis, 4.5. analysis of authors and co-cited authors, 4.6. the keyword co-occurrence network, 5. discussion, 5.1. limitations, 5.2. implications, 6. conclusions, author contributions, institutional review board statement, informed consent statement, data availability statement, conflicts of interest.

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de-la-Fuente-Robles, Y.-M.; Ricoy-Cano, A.-J.; Albín-Rodríguez, A.-P.; López-Ruiz, J.L.; Espinilla-Estévez, M. Past, Present and Future of Research on Wearable Technologies for Healthcare: A Bibliometric Analysis Using Scopus. Sensors 2022 , 22 , 8599. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22228599

de-la-Fuente-Robles Y-M, Ricoy-Cano A-J, Albín-Rodríguez A-P, López-Ruiz JL, Espinilla-Estévez M. Past, Present and Future of Research on Wearable Technologies for Healthcare: A Bibliometric Analysis Using Scopus. Sensors . 2022; 22(22):8599. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22228599

de-la-Fuente-Robles, Yolanda-María, Adrián-Jesús Ricoy-Cano, Antonio-Pedro Albín-Rodríguez, José Luis López-Ruiz, and Macarena Espinilla-Estévez. 2022. "Past, Present and Future of Research on Wearable Technologies for Healthcare: A Bibliometric Analysis Using Scopus" Sensors 22, no. 22: 8599. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22228599

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